ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,266, issued on Nov. 3.
"Smart fire extinguisher device, system, and service platform" was invented by Henry Zhou (Sarasota, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smart fire extinguisher device includes a fire extinguisher and a monitoring device. The smart fire extinguisher has an ornamental appearance designed to fit indoor environments, a plurality of sensors that can detect ambient conditions, a control module, and an extinguisher module that can be set off by the control module to spontaneously release fire extinguishing agent in preset directions, and a communication module that connects the device to network servers and devices....